The UFC’s Brazil division today announced the fight via Twitter. Although reports also have suggested Maldonado may instead fight Luiz Cane, UFC officials today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Nedkov vs. Maldonado is the fight.

UFC 142 takes place Jan. 14 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena.

The main card is expected to air on pay-per-view, though it’s not clear if Nedkov vs. Maldonado will be part of the broadcast.

Nedkov, a former World Victory Road/Sengoku fighter, recently made his UFC debut and scored a first-round TKO of Cane at UFC 134. He’s now undefeated at 12-0, and 10 of his wins have come via stoppage. His past victories have come over the likes of Kevin Randleman, Travis Wiuff and Kamen Georgiev.

Maldonado, who’s also boxed professionally, made his UFC debut a little more than a year ago and scored a TKO victory over James McSweeney. However, his 11-fight win streak recently came to an end with a unanimous-decision defeat to Kyle Kingsbury in June at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale.

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